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S00496 Summary:

BILL NOS00496
 
SAME ASSAME AS A00618
 
SPONSORFERNANDEZ
 
COSPNSRJACKSON, WEBB
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §21, Lab L
 
Requires employers to inform their employees that non-disclosure or non-disparagement provisions in their employment contracts do not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal employment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.
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S00496 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           496
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. FERNANDEZ, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
 
        AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the commissioner's duty to
          ensure employers inform employees about certain provisions in  employ-
          ment contracts

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 21 of the labor law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 17 to read as follows:
     3    17. Shall require employers to inform their employees that non-disclo-
     4  sure  or  non-disparagement  provisions in their employment contracts do
     5  not prohibit them from speaking with law enforcement, the equal  employ-
     6  ment opportunity commission, the state division of human rights, a local
     7  commission on human rights, or an attorney retained by the employee.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00246-01-5
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